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WHAT IS AN INFINITIVE? The infinitive is the basic, unconjugated form of a verb, sometimes called the name of the verb. In English the infinitive is to + verb: to be, to see, to eat, etc. We are going to concentrate on the verbs with –ER endings. Most –er verbs follow this pattern at the present tense: Aimer (to like) We CONJUGATE the infinitive: Jaime Nous Aimons Tu aimes Vous aimez Il/Elle aime Ils/Elles aiment The forms aime, aimes, aiment sound the same!

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HOW DO THE ER Verbs WORK? When one Conjugates a verb, one is putting it a subject with a verb-together correctly in the tense needed. In English, we say: JE- I verb, am verbing, do verb TU-You verb, are verbing, do verb IL-He verbs, NOUS-We verb, VOUS- You (all) verb, ILS-They verb etc.

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To Conjugate an ER verb: Take the whole verb, take off the ER and add the endings: THE ENDINGS ARE: Je---E Nous---ONS TU---ES Vous---EZ IL/elle/on--E Ils/ellesENT

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ER Verbs are conjugated like…. THIS! You take the whole verb (the infinitive----for ex.: Parler), and take off the ER. WHY? Cuz its an ER Verb! Youre left with the STEM. To the stem you add: Je=E Nous=ONS Tu=ES Vous=EZ Il/elle/on=E Ils/Elles=ENT